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2015 Marriott Breach: Prelude To 2018 Cyberattack?

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According to a report in the Wall Street Journal citing cyber security specialists, the breach in which the personal information of as many as 500 million customers was exposed began in 2014, going undetected until September of 2018. A spokeswoman for Marriott said everyone involved would have preferred the incident was identified earlier.

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Bitcoin Approaches Worst Month Since 2015

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and South Korea clamp down on cryptocurrencies, and investors question the stability of digital coins, bitcoin may see its worst monthly decline in value since January 2015. That figure is approaching bitcoin’s approximately 30 percent dip from January 2015, the biggest monthly decline to date. As regulators in the U.S.

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Mastercard Rolls Out Security Tools To Prevent Gas Station Fraud

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Many fuel companies have made the shift to a safer and more secure EMV environment, and we applaud them for doing so,” said Kush Saxena, Mastercard’s executive vice president in a statement. However, we also recognize and respect the complexities to upgrade to safer and more secure EMV transactions at fuel dispensers over the next few months.”

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Tanium Secures $6.5 Billion Valuation For Enterprise Security Tech

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Tanium, which provides organizations with an IT security platform, raised $200 million from Wellington Management, Baillie Gifford & Company and Adage Capital Management, pushing Tanium’s valuation up to $6.5 According to reports, Tanium addresses security friction within businesses caused by a disparate security strategy.

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What 2015 holds for banking

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The IBM Institute for Business Value released its 2015 report, “ The paradox of Banking ”, which analyzes the existing market and makes predictions about how the landscape will evolve, what will make banks succeed or fail and how institutions can use the market trends to their advantage.

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CECL to be released first half of 2015

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Several statements, including statements from the chairman of the FASB, alluded to a release date of Q3 or Q4 in 2014; however, in a September Board Meeting, the FASB decided to defer release of the new guidance to the first half of 2015. youtube:UMytSO-ksGs].

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New IoT Security Bill Exposes Rising Data Protection, Safety Concerns

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Thus, IoT security is becoming an essential part of modern conversations. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and data security and privacy practice chair of D.C.-based A lot of the devices we’re talking about have no security. They weren’t built with security in mind, and there really isn’t any way to patch them.”.

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